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So this is Damnation, a slick looking 'vertical shooter' from Codemasters which is due to hit the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this year. The game promises big, open environments and climbing. Lots of climbing.
There are so many action games looming on the horizon that it's almost impossible to keep track of them all. For an action fan like me, it's looking really good, but one must always prepare for disappointment. It's going to be like walking through a minefield as we separate the good games from the stinkers in this year's huge batch of action titles.
Hopefully, Damnation is not in the stinkpile when all's said and done. it looks pretty ambitious and I like where they're going with it. Hopefully I'll be getting some hands-on time with this in the very near future, so I'll be sure to let you know the official verdict.
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5:59 PM on 09.25.2008
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The way these guys ramble on about it makes it sound like this is the first time a shooter has ever had an enemy above or below you.
Also, I heard it had multiplayer? if only we could get some early impressions on that.
I think it's cause you tend to be more open to newer games while most of Dtoid is the opposite.
Looks like the posession/time rewind element is gone though. boo.
Still, I hope it gets made.
When you're finished Damnation, lads...make that game will you? That would be true vertical gaming
Yeah the Steampunk Western setting is ridiculously cool, but doesn't neccesarily equal good end product, *points finger at "wild wild west".
Actually, Tomb Raider is Tomb Raider with guns.
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